Re: 359 Straight Eight Engine

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2010/12/26 15:04:54

"Also, the 212 Horse Power, does this mean 359 a beast of an engine ?"

I believe the 359 is what the English used to call a "lazy" engine. That is what they call an engine that can propel a 5000 pound car to 100 MPH with no fuss.

As opposed to a typical 1954 English engine that was straining every nerve and buttonhole to drive an 1800 pound car to 70, and deafened everyone in the car doing it.

An example of old fashioned British understatement like calling Tiger Woods "not a bad golfer" or Mount Everest "rather large".